What are the snow sports programs

Snow sports programs are: bobsledding, ski jumping, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, figure skiing, ice hockey, curling, short-track speed skating, Nordic biathlon and so on.

1, bobsled

Sledding (Luge), one of the snow sports. In the race on a metal or wooden double sled skis along a variety of curvature of the special ice track high-speed slide down to the finish line of a sport. The ideal weather is a sunny day at or below 0°C.

The sport of bobsledding originated in Switzerland and became popular in Europe, North America and Asia. The bobsleigh was originally made of wood, but later developed into metal. the first open bobsleigh race was held in England in 1884. the bobsleigh made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. The bobsled team relay was added to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

2, ski jumping

Ski jumping is a snow athletic program with skis as a tool, in the special jumping platform to their own body weight through the helper slopes to get the speed than the jumping distance and action posture. It is an independent branch of skiing, in the international sports taxonomy is classified as skiing.

Ski jumping originated in Norway in the 19th century, in 1924, ski jumping was listed as a Winter Olympics program; in 1976, the International Ski Federation decided to change the standard slope and large slope from K70 and K90 to K90 and K120 respectively.

In 1982, the ski jumping team was set up in Jilin City, and the first ski jumping competition was held in China in 1984. In 2003, the Chinese Ski Jumping Team was sponsored and trained year-round in Austria.

3, freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing, skis and poles as a tool, in the specialized ski slopes, through the completion of a series of provisions and self-selected action and a competitive snow sports. It was birthed and developed on the basis of alpine skiing, and is composed of three separate sub-items: aerials, snow tricks and snow ballet.

Freestyle skiing originated in the United States in the 1960s, and since 1992, men's and women's single snow tricks have been included in the Winter Olympics competition. 1988 and 1992 were included in the Winter Olympics performance program.

4, snowboarding

Snowboarding is a snowboard as a tool, in the provisions of the hill line on the rapid turn skidding, or in the ad hoc "U" shaped venue with the slopes jump, in the air to complete a variety of difficult actions on the snow athletics program. The project.

Snowboarding originated in the 1960s in Michigan, USA, and since 1998, snowboarding's alpine slalom and "U" shaped snowboarding skills have become official competitions. 2003, China's snowboarding officially set up a project, mainly to carry out the U-shaped snowboarding skills program.

5, cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is the use of skiing equipment, the use of mountaineering, descending, turning, gliding and other basic skills, skating in the snowy hills of the sports program.

Cross-country skiing originated in Northern Europe, also known as Nordic skiing, is one of the oldest sports in the history of the world's sports. 1924 for the first time included in the Winter Olympic Games competition. 1973-1974 season, the men's World Cup cross-country skiing Championships was successfully held, the women's World Cup cross-country skiing Championships from the 1978-1979 season.